Monday, March 11, 2013

Sections of the South African travel media have speculated that incumbent South African Airways (SA) CEO Nico Bezuidenhout, who is also the CEO of SAA's LCC wing, Mango, is likely to be confirmed as the carrier's de facto boss.

Monday, November 19, 2012

South African LCC Mango (JE) are to launch daily return flights between Johannesburg and the coastal city of Port
Elizabeth as well as Cape Town and Port Elizabeth effective 5 December. Johannesburg - PE bookings will be available from Tuesday 20 November.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

South African LCC Mango Airlines (JE) has started offering inflight broadband on its Boeing 737-800s. Called "G-Connect In-Flight Wi-Fi" in conjunction with Vodacom South Africa, Mango passengers can now surf the web when
travelling between South Africa’s major centres.

There are three different G-Connect In-Flight Wi-Fi packages on offer.
One-Way Access is priced at R50 per single sector flight with a One Day
pass available at R90, irrespective of the number of flights completed
during a 20 hour period. A per-minute option, billed through G-Connect
online account, offers land and air convergence at R1 per minute. All
three packages offer unlimited data use during the allotted time.

Mango CEO Nico Bezuidenhout stated that 80% of the fleet should be online by the end of June, with second phase being launched thereafter, which will include IPTV and other entertainment services.

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